Drive-in Movie Theaters, Almost Extinct

I was reading in Missouri Life magazine that there are only about 500 drive-in theaters still in operation in the United States. I knew that there weren’t many left, but I had no idea that the number was so small.

Considering this, we’re really lucky that even though there may not be any drive-ins in our immediate area, there are a few within reasonable driving distance. Clark 54 Drive-In is in Summer Hill, IL, just a few miles across the bridge from Louisiana. B&B Theaters also operates a drive-in in Moberly, and, just a little further away, there’s the Route 66 Twin Drive-In, next to Knight’s Action Park in Springfield.